This summer or fall, I'm going to be looking to move into a new place. I prefer a house. How much do 2 bedroom houses tend to run? I want to be in a nice neighborhood, preferably close to a highway. I prefer midtown over south Tulsa. North and east Tulsa are out of the question. I prefer Tulsa but I wouldn't rule out a suburb if I found the right place. How much am I going to have to spend? I want a decent house but it doesn't have to be anything fancy or new or anything. As long as it's not a dump and it's in a safe neighborhood.
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2012, 04:04:41 PM
This summer or fall, I'm going to be looking to move into a new place. I prefer a house. How much do 2 bedroom houses tend to run? I want to be in a nice neighborhood, preferably close to a highway. I prefer midtown over south Tulsa. North and east Tulsa are out of the question. I prefer Tulsa but I wouldn't rule out a suburb if I found the right place. How much am I going to have to spend? I want a decent house but it doesn't have to be anything fancy or new or anything. As long as it's not a dump and it's in a safe neighborhood.
I suggest you start cruising real estate classifieds. I've seen houses with two bedrooms sell for $5000 to over $500,000.
Let's say you were looking in the Harvard to Yale or Sheridan 11th to 41st, expect $50K to $125K depending on condition and neighborhood.
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2012, 04:04:41 PM
... North and east Tulsa are out of the question....
Elitist.
;D
I should have clarified that I'm looking to rent, not buy. Unless somebody is willing to sell a guy with bad credit a house...
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2012, 04:15:57 PM
I should have clarified that I'm looking to rent, not buy. Unless somebody is willing to sell a guy with bad credit a house...
Not many landlords care to rent to people with bad credit. 2 BR in a nicer area will run $700+ a month.
Quote from: Hoss on January 25, 2012, 04:11:12 PM
Elitist.
;D
I just don't like east Tulsa. I don't particularly like some of Tulsa's suburbs either. I prefer midtown, but some areas of south Tulsa would be OK but I prefer to not live near the 71st and Memorial/Mingo/169 mess.
Quote from: Conan71 on January 25, 2012, 04:20:53 PM
Not many landlords care to rent to people with bad credit. 2 BR in a nicer area will run $700+ a month.
I do have good rental history. Nearly 5 years in the same apartment and I've never been late on my rent. That has to mean something.
I live in east Tulsa and I got it good. Big houses and lots for half the price per square foot. Easy access to expressways and quiet neighborhood with almost no traffic. Great selection of Mexican and Asian shopping and restaurants. Beautiful trails system barely used.
If all of east Tulsa ain't good enough for you, we don't want you.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on January 25, 2012, 04:26:39 PM
I live in east Tulsa and I got it good. Big houses and lots for half the price per square foot. Easy access to expressways and quiet neighborhood with almost no traffic. Great selection of Mexican and Asian shopping and restaurants. Beautiful trails system barely used.
If all of east Tulsa ain't good enough for you, we don't want you.
I haven't been in all of east Tulsa so I can't make a judgment of the entire area.
My sister is renting an older 2 bedroom house near 11th & Harvard for around $800. It's very large for being a 2 bedroom, though. Last I was looking, $700-$900 seemed to be the going rate for the older 2 beds in midtown. It'll be a dump if it's one of Perry's houses, but otherwise you can find decent houses in that price range.
Occasionally there is a home for rent in my neighborhood behind the Promenade. Its near the highway, you can easily walk to shopping, movies, restaurants, bookstore, nearby grocery, gyms, La Fortune Park, OU Tulsa, etc. Bike trails nearby. Close to mid-town. The rents seem to run $700 and up from what I gather. Despite the reputation of being the "ghetto" mall or something like that, I have never had any problems in the 6 plus years I have been here. Its a small neighborhood with a good mix of people from the elderly original owners, solid middle class folk, to new young couples, and some renters.
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2012, 04:30:24 PM
I haven't been in all of east Tulsa so I can't make a judgment of the entire area.
Michael knows the area I live in, I know where he lives. Both neighborhoods are quiet, but I like his with the double size lots (usually four parcels per block). Mine is mainly older people and young couples and very rarely do we have any problems.
If you are referring more to the 21st to 41st, Mingo to 129th E Ave area, then I'd be all with you there. I remember that area being fairly safe right as I was out of high school. Not as much anymore, and it's sad.
Quote from: TheArtist on January 25, 2012, 05:56:15 PM
Occasionally there is a home for rent in my neighborhood behind the Promenade. Its near the highway, you can easily walk to shopping, movies, restaurants, bookstore, nearby grocery, gyms, La Fortune Park, OU Tulsa, etc. Bike trails nearby. Close to mid-town. The rents seem to run $700 and up from what I gather. Despite the reputation of being the "ghetto" mall or something like that, I have never had any problems in the 6 plus years I have been here. Its a small neighborhood with a good mix of people from the elderly original owners, solid middle class folk, to new young couples, and some renters.
That wouldn't be a bad neighborhood at all. Brookside would be nice, but it's probably going to be too expensive and besides it's in a floodplain. I prefer to live east of Lewis if at all possible. Something like 61st and Yale wouldn't be bad, even though it's further from the highway that I really prefer.
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2012, 06:55:35 PM
That wouldn't be a bad neighborhood at all. Brookside would be nice, but it's probably going to be too expensive and besides it's in a floodplain. I prefer to live east of Lewis if at all possible. Something like 61st and Yale wouldn't be bad, even though it's further from the highway that I really prefer.
You won't find many, if any 2 bedroom homes around 61st & Yale. Perhaps an apartment or condo closer to 51st or 71st. What is your budget? That would really help with recommendations.
Quote from: bugo on January 25, 2012, 06:55:35 PM
That wouldn't be a bad neighborhood at all. Brookside would be nice, but it's probably going to be too expensive and besides it's in a floodplain. I prefer to live east of Lewis if at all possible. Something like 61st and Yale wouldn't be bad, even though it's further from the highway that I really prefer.
Hasn't really flooded since about 1983 or 1984. Takes a pretty big rain upstream to overflow Keystone, and then much bigger to fill up to Brookside. I'm betting it won't happen again for a while. Plus the Corp has refined their release program after that flood to hopefully prevent a repeat - they started big release just too late that time.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on January 25, 2012, 09:18:10 PM
Hasn't really flooded since about 1983 or 1984. Takes a pretty big rain upstream to overflow Keystone, and then much bigger to fill up to Brookside. I'm betting it won't happen again for a while. Plus the Corp has refined their release program after that flood to hopefully prevent a repeat - they started big release just too late that time.
Interesting pictures of the flood areas of 1986. The A series are the Tulsa area.
http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/library/1986%20Water%20Analysis/Appendix%20B/1986FloodAppB.cfm
Quote from: Red Arrow on January 25, 2012, 09:49:52 PM
Interesting pictures of the flood areas of 1986. The A series are the Tulsa area.
http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/library/1986%20Water%20Analysis/Appendix%20B/1986FloodAppB.cfm
I had forgotten how much of lower river flooded (south of BA). We went down 129th I think it was and looked around while it was going on. Bad stuff.
Quote from: Red Arrow on January 25, 2012, 09:49:52 PM
Interesting pictures of the flood areas of 1986. The A series are the Tulsa area.
http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/library/1986%20Water%20Analysis/Appendix%20B/1986FloodAppB.cfm
Those were great RA. It looks like the farther downstream, especially around Bixby, the closer it was to a 500 year flood.
Plate A8 is interesting. It shows the area where Riverwalk now sits and where the development was planned south of there. All under water.
Quote from: Hoss on January 25, 2012, 06:33:56 PM
Michael knows the area I live in, I know where he lives. Both neighborhoods are quiet, but I like his with the double size lots (usually four parcels per block). Mine is mainly older people and young couples and very rarely do we have any problems.
If you are referring more to the 21st to 41st, Mingo to 129th E Ave area, then I'd be all with you there. I remember that area being fairly safe right as I was out of high school. Not as much anymore, and it's sad.
31st and 129th E av is where I grew up and went to Union. Hoss you are exactly right. It is not the same as when I lived there. I have been in Broken Arrow since 1983 and enjoy it "out there" as described by many from Tulsa.
Bugo, your 2 br limitation means the suburbs are probably not going to work. Any of the two bedrooms in established mid-town hoods are going to be a little hard to come by and not a real value. The hospitals, the University and nearby trendy areas make them competitive. That leaves east and North of 15th & Yale, east and South of 21st and Darlington, North and West of 21st and Sheridan as good safe bets. They are small (post war) homes that have affordable rentals in them. Also, Boman Acres east and north of 31st and Sheridan.
I know you don't like North but consider Northwest of downtown. You might find some older small 2br's and they are pretty quiet, convenient areas.
Go to Craigslist and look under the apartments/housing heading. Avoid the obvious scammers, but lots of good stuff there.
Bugo why dont you bypass all the random speculation and contact a Realtor?
A 2 bd/2 ba in my neighborhood (Swan Lake) runs from $800-1100/month, with the higher end being larger and recently renovated. But you are also a 5 min. walk from Cherry Street, Utica Square, Woodward Park and Maple Ridge, and less than 2 miles from Brookside, the river and downtown. In short, the most desirable area in Tulsa.
I found most of the homes I rented by driving around the neighborhoods I liked. You will find a lot of the home owners just put a sign in the yard and want you to find them.